Unlisted CT procedure at HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL
2551 S Kanner Hwy, STUART, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1538115696
$1,043.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,043.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$89.70 with Optimum vs $3,879.00 with AvMed — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | MGMCR | $89.70 | ↓ -91% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $89.70 | ↓ -91% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $135.59 | ↓ -87% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | MCR | $198.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $222.16 | ↓ -79% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $265.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | HIX | $281.61 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASA | $312.90 | ↓ -70% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $458.92 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $469.35 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $521.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $521.50 | ↓ -50% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $521.50 | ↓ -50% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $590.26 | ↓ -43% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $602.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $602.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $782.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $886.55 | ↓ -15% |
| AvMed | HIX | $890.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,087.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,326.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,462.00 | ↑ +40% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | Select | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,533.00 | ↑ +239% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $3,879.00 | ↑ +272% |
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Unlisted CT procedure at other Florida hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| martin north hospital | Stuart | $8,697.00 | $17.96 – $149.00 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach | $6,092.04 | $86.33 – $151.68 |
| cleveland clinic florida weston hospital | Weston | $8,697.00 | $15.00 – $133.87 |
| indian river hospital | Vero Beach | $8,697.00 | $15.51 – $800.00 |
| Baptist Hospital | MIAMI | $3,387.80 | $67.49 – $3,344.40 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | BOYNTON BEACH | $3,387.80 | $67.49 – $3,344.40 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | BOCA RATON | $430.30 | $89.25 – $660.00 |
| Doctors Hospital | CORAL GABLES | $3,387.80 | $65.42 – $3,344.40 |